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Perrault's Complete Fairy Tales translated from the French by A.E. Johnson and others with illustrations by Heath Robinson 1st UK Edition
by Perrault, Charles; Robinson, W. Heath; Johnson, A.E. (translator)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Constable, 1962. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations First English Printing (stated) complete Fairy Tales of Perrault, with the illustrations of Heath Robinson - being text and full-page b&w drawings; tales translated from the French by A.E. Johnson (and others); includes the much-loved tales such as Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, etc, and also three lesser-known works The Ridiculous Wishes, Donkey-Skin, and Patient Griselda, originally composed in verse, and here reproduced in paraphrase rather than literal translation; small bookshop label to front pastedown, heavy foxing/offset to endpapers, lighter to prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed and foxed (medium foxing) with small worn patch front near spine, price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22699
- Title
- Perrault's Complete Fairy Tales translated from the French by A.E. Johnson and others with illustrations by Heath Robinson 1st UK Edition
- Author
- Perrault, Charles; Robinson, W. Heath; Johnson, A.E. (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 184pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Gotcha By The Books
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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